Ok (and thank god I backed up before this happend) inode errors.. I find them a bitch now the only time Ive gotten them was when I insalled utGOTY via the linux installer and then last night with cvscedega when a game(starcraft before the battle net update it ran single player just fine so I didnt think much of it afterwords it didnt work froze up tryed everything I could think of to exit nicely instead of restarting) anyways I recived inode errors and couldnt do much without reinstallling slack. Apart from the motherboard all hardware in the computer is new within the last 6 months (you may be able to tell I havent worked with inode errors before but I thought Id better list anyways)
hd: WD 200gig
MB: Some type of intel(has the intel 810 chipset if that helps I checked theres a list of diff mobos that has that)
samsung 52max
1 gig physical ram
1 gig swap
715mhz processor(celleron coppermine and yes I DO need to upgrade that next)
anyways I would like to know how these inode errors occur and how to prevent them for now on thanks.

What filesystem are you using? You should try to use a journalling filesystem like ext3, jfs, ReiserFS, etc. as they have much more tolerance of filesystem errors. Another helpful approach is RAID 1. If you have a single HD, you can still RAID two partitions. This will slow down writes, but gives you a second place from which to read in case of error. It is better to have a second HD, of the same kind, on a second cable.

Did you attempt to open a console to shutdown the system?
ctrl-alt-F2
login as root
kill naughty processes, etc.
shutdown -r now if necessary

You should try running memtest86 to check all that wonderful RAM...

i810 has a rep for causing crashes on some systems. If your board is ATX, you can switch to something like SOLTEK SL75FRN2 pretty cheaply. AMD 2500 makes it purr. Dual channel RAM, also.

Well I have a test system to screw around with so Im gonna try it out (ya im gonna push to get to the same place I was at be4 restarting) as I just did a unplug*curse curse* and start back up and ya Im gonna get a new mobo (yes I know the mobo I use now isnt all to hot Ive seen nice ones going for 40 course.. thats only cause the store ((tg for small stores lol)) has huge sales like every other week..) I noticed last night that 2 pins in the floppy connection were gone so i dont think i have much of a choice. Ill also try the journaling system somtime tommorow or the day after once I have enough updates worth reinstalling, thanks robertp